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Changes to domestic violence evidence requirements come into effect-From 8 January 2018, victims of domestic violence will get more support in taking abusive former partners to court. Changes to evidence requirements in private family law disputes have come into effect. There will no longer be a time limit on abuse evidence, which previously stood at five years. Additionally, the range of documents accepted...

Hospital Refused To Disclose Wife’s Whereabouts or Condition-Martin Bridger, recently appointed as an Associate and experienced solicitor in our thriving Public Law Department, has been described as a ‘guardian angel’ by a client. The Client had previously been represented by Hannah-Marie Davies, another recently appointed Associate and a senior solicitor in our Family Department. Hannah-Marie was contacted by the Client and then by...

Richard Posner discusses citizen’s arrests on BBC Radio Nottingham-Richard Posner, a partner and a senior Higher Rights Court Advocate based at our Nottingham office appeared on BBC Radio Nottingham this morning (24th January 2018) to discuss the legality of performing a citizen’s arrest. You can listen to Richard’s interview below or hear the whole show on the BBC website by clicking here.

Congratulations to newly appointed Associates-We would like to congratulate Neil O’Sullivan, Hannah-Marie Davis and Martin Bridger following their promotion to Associate Partner on 1.12.17. Neil works in our Nottingham Crime Department having joined us many years ago from Nelsons Solicitors. Over the years, Neil has earned a reputation as an excellent criminal advocate which has brought him a large...

Cohabiting couples warned of ‘common law marriage’ myths-Millions of unmarried couples who live together could be unaware of their rights if the relationship breaks down, a family law group has warned. Resolution carried out a survey which found two-thirds of cohabiting couples wrongly believe “common-law marriage” laws exist when dividing up finances. The number of unmarried couples living together has more than...

Mansfield Solicitor ‘saves 2 dogs lives’ and proves they are not dangerous-Mansfield based Partner, Tom Oates, helped his client successfully prove that his two dogs were not Pitbulls and avoided them being put to sleep. The two dogs were seized because a Police expert said they had ‘substantial characteristics’ of a Pitbull, a prohibited breed in the UK. There was no suggestion that they had acted...

Case dropped against youth who was ‘playing with toy gun in garden’-Rebecca Williams (who is one of our Criminal Defence Solicitors at our Mansfield office) recently represented a 12 year old client after he was arrested by police on suspicion of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. The client (who had never been in trouble with the police before) had been playing in his friend’s...

Mansfield Solicitor secures suspended sentence for client on 9th driving offence-Morgan Hogarth (who is based at our Mansfield office) recently represented a client who was charged with his 9th offence of driving whilst disqualified. These offences took place between 1990 to 2015 and the most recent was in October 2017. Having regard to the sentencing guidelines, the client faced an immediate prison sentence. Thanks to the...